title: [Urinary bladder incontinence after prostatectomy. Urodynamic evaluation and results of therapy].
abstract: Forty-seven males referred due to postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (34 after transurethral resection of prostatic adenoma and 13 after open suprapubic adenomectomy) were retrospectively studied. Urodynamic evaluation identified 19 (40.4%) men with incontinence due solely to sphincter incompetence, and 19 (40.4%) men, in addition to sphincter incompetence, had urinary bladder dysfunction (unstable detrusor and/or reduced bladder compliance). Seven (14.8%) men had pure bladder dysfunction as the only cause of urinary incontinence. Two patients had normal urodynamic findings (N = 2; 4.2%). Men with urinary incontinence due only to sphincter incompetence were treated by insertion of artificial sphincter devices or condom catheter drainage (lack of artificial sphincters), while others were treated pharmacologically (imipramine, propantheline, oxybutynin or their combinations ... N = 25), or by augmentation cystoplasty using ileum after unsuccessful pharmacological treatment (N = 3). Out of 25 patients with pharmacological treatment, 21 were available for the final assessment of the treatment efficacy. Eleven (52.3%) patients were "socially continent" after the treatment. It is concluded that in the assessment of the cause of postprostatectomy urinary incontinence urodynamic evaluation is mandatory, and that the treatment should be based on the results of such studies. The role of bladder dysfunction as a cause of postsurgical urinary incontinence is again strongly emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Zavod za urologiju, OB Sveti Duh, Zagreb.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gilja
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Grbavac
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parazajder
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kovacić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radej
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mazuran
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014563:Urodynamics
vernacular_title: Inkontinencija mokraće nakon prostatektomije. Urodinamska evaluacija i rezultati lijecenja.